Alessandro Michele says his focus was on women’s right to respect and freedom of choice
If fashion is becoming an increasingly politicised space, Gucci’s creative director, Alessandro Michele didn’t waste an opportunity to make his position clear at the brand’s latest fashion show in Rome. Referencing the recent outrage over abortion bans in the US, he said he “wanted to reflect that women need to be respected” with his latest collection and to use his high-profile position to promote freedom of choice.
Women “should be free to choose what they want and terminate a pregnancy ... [it] is the most difficult choice for a woman to make and I respect that choice,” he told reporters at a post-show press conference at the Palazzo Nouveau museum.
Michele had shown a 97-look collection that featured T-shirts with slogans including “My body, my choice” and “Chime”, the latter referring to Gucci’s long-running gender equality campaign Chime for Change. The standout piece was a long silk dress featuring a flower growing inside a uterus depicted by embroidery.
from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2JKoyws
